Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-IS-SOL'O-GY
PER-IS-SO-LOG'IC-ALPER-I-STAL'TIC
PER-IS-SOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. περισσολογια; περισσος, redundant, and λογος, discourse.]
Superfluous words; much talk to little purpose. [Little used.] – Campbell.
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